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IRAQ 2016 in Review Part I

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PhotographerAko RasheedLocationKIRKUK, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 01, 2016Volunteers from different nationalities who have joined the Kurdish peshmerga forces to fight against Islamic State militants, gather with the Kurdish peshmerga forces on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq February 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ako RasheedMarch 01 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerStringer .LocationANBAR, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 02, 2016Members of the Hashid Shaabi Shi'ite milita launches a mortar round toward Islamic State militant, west of Samarra, in the desert of Anbar, Iraq March 2, 2016. REUTERS/StringerMarch 02 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A man reacts at the site of a bomb attack at a checkpoint in the city of Hillah, south of Baghdad, March 6, 2016.ALAA AL-MARJANI / ReutersMarch 06 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxxLocationBAGHDAD, IraqReuters / Monday, March 07, 2016A man stacks mortar shells on a shelf inside a mortar factory in Iskandariya, south Baghdad March 7, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al MousilyMarch 07 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerStringer .LocationKIRKUK, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 09, 2016Children receive oxygen, after suffering from choking, at a hospital in Taza south of Kirkuk, March 9, 2016. More than 40 people suffered partial choking and skin irritation in northern Iraq when Islamic State fired mortar shells and Katyusha rockets filled with "poisonous substances" into their village late on Tuesday, local officials said. REUTERS/StringerMarch 09 , 2016


Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave national flags during a demonstration calling for governmental reform and elimination of corruption on in Baghdad's Tahrir Square.AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty Images-11March 11 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxxLocationBAGHDAD, IraqReuters / Thursday, March 17, 2016A man checks a hunting rifle at a shop for hunting weapons in Baghdad, Iraq March 17, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al MousilyMarch 17 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerReuters TVLocationERBIL, IraqReuters / Friday, March 18, 2016An American man whose driver's license identified him as Kweis Mohammed Jamal speaks during an interview with Kurdish television, in this still image from video taken on March 16, 2016. The 26-year-old American man who was captured by Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, said he had traveled from Turkey to join Islamic State before deciding to escape, according to an interview with Kurdish television on Thursday. ...moreMarch 18 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAzad LashkariLocationMOSUL, IraqReuters / Friday, March 25, 2016Iraqi soldiers gather during a military operation on the outskirts of Makhmour, south of Mosul, Iraq, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Azad LashkariMarch 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A rocket is fired from a rocket launcher outside Makhmour, about 75 km (47 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Friday, March 25, 2016. An Iraqi military spokesman said Thursday that the long-awaited military operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants has begun. The spokesman for the Joint Military Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, said Iraqi forces have retaken several villages on the outskirts of the town of Makhmour. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)March 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi security forces fire at Islamic State militants' positions from south of the Islamic State group-held city of Mosul, on March 26. The Iraqi military backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft on Thursday launched a long-awaited operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, a military spokesman said.

APMarch 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAzad LashkariLocationMAKHMOUR, IraqReuters / Monday, March 28, 2016A displaced woman, who fled the violence from Islamic State militants, is seen in Makhmour area, southeast of Mosul, March 28, 2016. REUTERS/Azad LashkariMarch 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAzad LashkariLocationMAKHMOUR, IraqReuters / Tuesday, March 29, 2016A displaced woman carries her child in a building that is used as a temporary shelter in Makhmour area, southeast of Mosul, Iraq, March 28, 2016. REUTERS/Azad LashkariMarch 29 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAri JalalLocationZAKHO, IraqReuters / Wednesday, March 30, 2016Female Kurdish Peshmerga attend their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district of the Dohuk Governorate of the Iraqi Kurdistan province, Iraq, March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ari JalalMarch 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerOsamah WaheebLocationHIT, IraqReuters / Saturday, April 02, 2016Iraqi security forces stand with an Islamic State flag which they pulled down in the town of Hit in Anbar province, April 2, 2016. REUTERS/StringerApril 02 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerEssam Al SudaniLocationBASRA, IraqReuters / Monday, April 04, 2016A member of the Iraqi security forces walks at the site of a car bomb attack in Basra April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Essam Al-SudaniApril 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

People flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review



Smoke rises as people flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A mother and her children flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A member of elite counter terrorism forces helps women and children fleeing their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi women flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Elite counter terrorism forces transport women and children fleeing their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

People rest as they flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review


Iraq's elite counter terrorism forces advance in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Iraqi forces say they have entered the western Islamic State group-held town of Hit Monday after an operation to retake it was relaunched last week. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Elite counter terrorism forces escort people fleeing their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A member of elite counter terrorism forces helps women and children fleeing their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraq's elite counter terrorism forces advance in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Iraqi forces say they have entered the western Islamic State group-held town of Hit Monday after an operation to retake it was relaunched last week. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)April 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review


A counter-terrorism vehicle escorts women and children fleeing their homes in Hit on April 4.

Khalid Mohammed / APApril 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A counter-terrorism officer helps a woman during the exodus on April 4.Khalid Mohammed / APApril 04 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A mother and her child, who is waving an Iraqi flag, walk on a road. Smoke rises in the background as the Iraqi forces fight ISIS militants in Hit.Iraqi troops, who had spent hours clearing the territory before their assault, instructed families not to stray from the tire marks to avoid explosives.


Mourners and members of the Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or "League of the Righteous," pray by the coffins of seven of their colleagues who were killed while supporting Iraqi security forces battling Islamic State group in Anbar, according to family, during their funeral inside the Shiite holy shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Tuesday, April. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)April 05 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Wednesday, April 3, 2013 photo, a statue from the Kingdom of Nimrod from the ninth century B.C. is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Iraqi Museum Refuge for Relics of the PastApril 03 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

This Saturday, March 19, 2016 photo shows an inaugural leaflet from the grand opening of the Iraq Museum on Nov. 9, 1966. Established after WW1, the country national museum contains treasures from Mesopotamian civilization. Gertrude Bell of Britain began collecting the artifacts in a government building in Baghdad in 1922 and eventually became the director of the museum. In the chaos that arrived along with U.S. troops in 2003, many treasures were looted or destroyed. More than a decade late, the Islamic State group has looted and destroyed several ancient sites in Iraq and Syria, making the museums preservation work even more critical.(Iraq National Museum via AP)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

A coin dating back to the Umayyad era is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

A statue found in the Sun City of Urban Civilization in Mosul is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Monday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

Recovered antiquities are displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, April 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Wednesday, April 3, 2013 photo, a panel composed of glazed nicks showing in bas relief a lion, symbolizing Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, from the Ishtar gate, Babylon dating to Nabuchadnessar.(650-562.B.C.) is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this March 1, 2015 photo, Aaman at Iraqs National Museum in Baghdad walks past two ancient Assyrian winged bull statues. Islamic State militants bulldozed the renowned archaeological site of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq on Thursday, March 5, 2015, using heavy military vehicles, the government said. Nimrud was the second capital of Assyria, an ancient kingdom that began in about 900 B.C., partially in present-day Iraq, and became a great regional power. The city, which was destroyed in 612 B.C., is located on the Tigris River just south of Iraqs second largest city, Mosul, which was captured by the Islamic State group in June. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

A guard looks up at an Assyrian relief sculpture inside Iraqs national museum, in Baghdad, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Alabaster figurines of mother goddess tell Es-Sawwan, belonging to the 6th millennium B.C. is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, a cosmetic container carved from stone, found near Ur is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, a carved stone Vessel found in the Ur area from the early 3rd millennium B.C. is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 a limestone slab showing in the center the water god, Ea, receiving a minor deity, is displayed at the national museum in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Monday, March 7, 2016 photo, Iraqis visit the Assyrian Hall surrounded by ancient artifacts of at the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad. After the destruction wreaked on archaeological sites by Islamic State group, the collections at the Iraqs National Museum in Baghdad have become even more important. Its now one of the places you can find relics from ancient cities that fell into the extremists hands. As many as 4,000 archaeological sites are still under the domination of IS and around 100 sites have been destroyed, according to Iraqi Culture Minister Firyad Rwandzi. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

This file photo taken on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, shows a detail of a statue of Lamassu, the great winged bull from the Assyrian period displayed at the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, a detail of a figure at the Assyrian Hall of the Iraq National Museum Baghdad. Assyria was a civilization located near the modern-day city of Mosul, now held by the Islamic State group, who published videos online showing the destruction of key Assyrian sites Nimrud and Hatra along with many other religious and cultural sites. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, Iraqi workers mop the floor at the Assyrian Hall of the Iraq National Museum Baghdad. Assyria was a civilization located near the modern-day city of Mosul, now held by the Islamic State group, who published videos online showing the destruction of key Assyrian sites Nimrud and Hatra along with many other religious and cultural sites. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, a detail of a stone wall panel fo at the Assyrian Hall of the Iraq National Museum Baghdad. Assyria was a civilization located near the modern-day city of Mosul, now held by the Islamic State group, who published videos online showing the destruction of key Assyrian sites Nimrud and Hatra along with many other religious and cultural sites. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, stone figures from the ancient site of Hatra line a corridor of the Iraq National Museum the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, two women visit the Islamic Hall of the Iraq National Museum the Iraqi capital. Iraq was home to some of the most important cities of early Islam including Kufa and Karbala, and Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate during its golden age in the 8th and 9th centuries. The Islamic hall displays pieces of Islamic art and architecture, including a burial casket of Imam Moussa Kadhim, a major figure in Shiite Islam. Elaborate stonework from the Grand Mosque in the northern city of Mosul, now under the Islamic State groups control, is also housed here.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this Wednesday, July 29, 2015 photo, an Assyrian artifact is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. After the destruction wreaked on archaeological sites by Islamic State group, the collections at the Iraqs National Museum in Baghdad have become even more important. Its now one of the places you can find relics from ancient cities that fell into the extremists hands. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Photo StoryIRAQ - 2016 in review

An Iraqi soldier inspects a tunnel as he holds a position on the frontline the town of Kharbardan, located 6 miles south of Qayyarah, during military operations to recapture the northern Nineveh province from Islamic State group's jihadists. Iraqi army troops and allied paramilitary fighters on March 24 launched a major offensive aimed at retaking the northern Nineveh province, the capital of which, Mosul, is the main hub of IS in Iraq.SAFIN HAMED / AFP - Getty Images-09April 9 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi security forces and coalition forces to mobilize the masses to shoot toward the position of the Islamic State group in the town of Besher, in a military operation to regain control of this small town, outside the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 290 km north of Baghdad, on April 10 , 2016.April 10 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerOsamah WaheebLocationHIT, IraqReuters / Wednesday, April 13, 2016Civilians flee their homes to head to safer areas due to clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants in the town of Hit in Anbar province, Iraq. REUTERS/StringerApril 13 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

People in their homes at the time of the fighting between Iraqi security forces and the group the Islamic State in a military campaign to regain control of the city of Hit, 140 kilometers west of the capital, Baghdad, Iraq, on April 13, 2016.April 13 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAhmed JadallahLocationMAKHMOUR, IraqReuters / Monday, April 18, 2016Iraqi soldiers work at a radio station at Makhmour base, Iraq April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahApril 18 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review



PhotographerStringer .LocationFALLUJAH, IraqReuters / Wednesday, April 20, 2016Shi'ite fighters fire a rocket toward Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. REUTERS/StringerApril 20 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016Kurdish gunmen climb the house of a Shi'ite militiaman during clashes in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman looks at Shi'ite militiamen positions during clashes in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman kicks a door as he searches for Shi'ite militiamen during clashes in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman stands in front of burned vehicle during clashes with Shi'ite militia in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016An elderly Kurdish gunman takes down a Shi'ite militia flag during clashes in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman points his weapon at a picture of Shi'ite Imam Ali during clashes between Shi'ite militiamen and Kurdish gunmen in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman runs across a street in Tuz Khurmato during clashes between Shi'ite militia and Kurdish gunmen, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016Kurdish gunmen rest during clashes with a Shi'ite militia in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman climbs a house of a Shi'ite militiaman during clashes in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016Kurdish gunmen hold their rifles in front of the burning house of a Shi'ite militiaman during clashes in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016Kurdish gunmen look at a Shi'ite militiaman positions during clashes in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016Kurdish gunmen run on a street during clashes with Shi'ite militia in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman holds a AK-47 rifle in front of a Shi'ite militiaman house during clashes Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman looks at Shi'ite militiamen positions during clashes Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman runs for cover during clashes with Shi'ite militiamen in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman holds a AK-47 rifle in front of a Shi'ite militiaman house during clashes Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016Kurdish gunmen search for Shi'ite militiamen during clashes in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman walks in front of burned vehicle during clashes with Shi'ite militia in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016A Kurdish gunman uses a hammer to open a hole in a wall near Shi'ite militiamen positions during clashes Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Tuesday, April 26, 2016An armed Kurdish man holds his rifle on a Kurdish Peshmerga position in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Tuesday, April 26, 2016A Kurdish boy holds an AK-47 rifle in a bakery shop in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTUZ KHURMATO, IRAQReuters / Tuesday, April 26, 2016A Sunni Arab family sits in a pick up vehicle as they leave town of Tuz Khurmato because of clashes between Kurdish forces and Shi'ite militia, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

An Iraqi soldier holds his rifle in an underground tunnel built by Islamic State fighters in Har Bardun, Iraq.

PHOTOS: Tunnel Network Used by ISIS Uncovered in Iraq

Goran Tomasevic / ReutersApril 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationMAHANA, IRAQReuters / Thursday, April 28, 2016Iraqi soldiers look at a tunnel built by Islamic State fighters in a building destroyed by an airstrike in the village of Mahana, some 60 km south of Mosul, Iraq, April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicApril 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi, U.S. and Spanish soldiers participate in a training mission outside Baghdad. Khalid Mohammed - APApril 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi protesters wave national flags and shout slogans as they head to the parliament after breaking into Baghdad's Green Zone.Security forces responsible for guarding the entrance to the area were not able to stop the demonstrators without opening fire so they let them in, the security source told NBC News.

HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP - Getty ImagesApril 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

An Iraqi protester flashes the victory sign as he heads to the parliament.

HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP - Getty ImagesApril 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wave Iraqi flags outside the parliament.The invasion of parliament by the Sadrist protesters raises questions over the future of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who has struggled to impose a technocratic government to tackle corruption.


Jubilant supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr occupy the main session hall.HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP - Getty ImagesApril 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAhmed SaadLocationBAGHDAD, IraqReuters / Saturday, April 30, 2016Followers of Iraq's Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr are seen in the parliament building after they stormed Baghdad's Green Zone after lawmakers failed to convene for a vote on overhauling the government, in Iraq April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed SaadApril 30 , 2016


Iraqi women walk past a damaged car following a twin suicide bombing attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, situated deep in Iraq's Shiite heartland.HAIDAR HAMDANI / AFP - Getty Images-01May 1 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gather in the parade grounds outside the parliament the day after breaking into Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" after lawmakers again failed to approve new ministers.AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty Images-01May 1 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Shiite pilgrims gather at the holy shrine of the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim during the annual commemoration of the saint's death in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 2, 2016. (AP Photo)May 2 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Shia pilgrims carried a symbolic coffin in Shia Muslim shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the sacred when they gathered to celebrate the death anniversary of this religious leader in Kadhimiyah neighborhood, North of the capital, Baghdad, Iraq.May 3 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAhmed JadallahLocationNAWARAN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 04, 2016Yazidi female fighter Asema Dahir (L), 21, holds a weapon as she rides a pickup truck during a deployment near the frontline of the fight against Islamic State militants in Nawaran near Mosul, Iraq, April 20, 2016. When Islamic State swept into the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar in 2014, a few young Yazidi women took up arms against the militants attacking women and girls from their community. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahMay 4 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationTEL ASQOF, IRAQReuters / Wednesday, May 04, 2016A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter searches a house for Islamic State militants in Tel Asqof, northern Iraq, May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicMay 4 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAhmed JadallahLocationNAWARAN, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 04, 2016Yazidi female fighter Asema Dahir, 21, adjusts her cap inside a bedroom at a site near the frontline of the fight against Islamic State militants in Nawaran near Mosul, Iraq April 20, 2016. When Islamic State swept into the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar in 2014, a few young Yazidi women took up arms against the militants attacking women and girls from their community. The killing and enslaving of thousands from Iraq's minority...moreMay 4 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi counterterrorism soldiers raise an Iraqi flag on the ruins of a building near the provincial council headquarters in Ramadi in this Dec. 27, 2015 photo, during the offensive that freed the Iraqi city from nearly a year of rule by the Islamic State group. Satellite photos show the price that months of fighting wreaked on the city: More than 3,000 buildings and nearly 400 roads and bridges damaged or destroyed, with whole city blocks wiped out in some cases, from airstrikes, fighting or intentional destruction by the militants. (AP Photo/Osama Sami)Ramadi: A city destroyed GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition warplanes in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in this Dec. 25, 2015 photo during the Iraqi government offensive that drove the militants out of the city. Ramadi, the provincial capital of Iraqis Sunni heartland, was declared fully liberated early this year. But the cost of victory may have been the city itself, with widespread destruction from strikes, artillery and the militants scorched earth tactic of destroying buildings and infrastructure as they fled. (AP Photo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Jinat Ali, 7, left, and her sister Aya Ali, 5, pick their way through the rubble of their destroyed home in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on April 3, 2016. Months after U.S.-based Iraqi forces freed the city from the control of the Islamic State group, the vast majority of Ramadis population of 1 million remain displaced after the extensive destruction wreaked on the city during months of fighting. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

In this March 20, 2016 photo, Maj. Mohammed Hussein, an officer with Iraqs elite counterterrorism forces, shows a photo of a slain Islamic State group militant still wearing a suicide vest, taken during fighting that freed the city of Ramadi from IS control earlier this year. As they fled, the militants destroyed some buildings and booby-trapped others with explosives, leaving behind an empty prize for government forces retaking the city. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition warplanes in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in this Dec. 25, 2015 photo taken during the Iraqi government offensive that drove the militants out of the city. During months of fighting, the U.S.-led coalition dropped more than 600 bombs on the city, artillery pounded districts and retreating militants unleashed a scorched earth policy destroying buildings all contributing to vast destruction. (AP Photo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Samira Ouda Faris, left, and Fawzia Khalil Brahim laugh and cry on March 21, 2016, as they recount the day when they heard Iraqi forces had wrested control of their home city of Ramadi from Islamic State group militants. The women and their families, including 11 children, live in a small tent in a camp for displaced people in the nearby town of Habbaniyah. Nearly all of Ramadis population of 1 million remains displaced months after the citys recapture because of the vast destruction wreaked by months of fighting there. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Two buildings in Haji Ziad Square in of the Iraqi city of Ramadi show extensive damage in this March 20, 2016, photo, months after U.S.-backed Iraqi forces freed the city from the Islamic State group. More than 3,000 buildings and nearly 400 roads and bridges were damaged or destroyed, and whole city blocks wiped out in some cases, by airstrikes, fighting or intentional destruction by the militants. The massive destruction is forcing officials from Iraq and the U.S.-led coalition to rethink tactics as they move to retake other cities from the militants. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

An injured woman comforts another as they wait for treatment after clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State group extremists in a village outside Ramadi, in this March 9, 2016 photo. Months after Iraqi troops wrested control of Ramadi from the militants, most of the citys population of 1 million remains displaced, unable to return because of continued fighting in surrounding areas and massive destruction. (AP Photo/Osama Sami)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi counterterrorism forces drive past a ferris wheel in a central district of Ramadi on March 20, 2016. Months after being wrested from the control of the Islamic State group, Ramadi remains devastated with no running water or electricity, entire residential blocks destroyed and no clear picture on when or how it can be rebuilt. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Combat boots lie in the dirt on March 20, 2016, in Ramadi, left behind after a battle weeks earlier between Islamic State group militants and Iraqi security forces. As they fled Ramadi earlier this year, the militants destroyed some buildings and booby-trapped others with explosives in a scorched earth tactic that left behind an empty prize for government forces retaking the city. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi workers dig a trench for a new water pipe near Haji Ziad square in the center of Ramadi on March 20, 2016. Months after the city was freed from Islamic State group control, reconstruction has hardly begun in Ramadi, where entire city blocks were leveled and infrastructure was smashed in months of fighting, illustrating the giant task Iraq will face as it recaptures more cities from the extremists. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

A hotel on the shore of Iraqs Lake Habbaniya, shown in this March 21, 2016 photo, now shelters thousands of families who fled the Islamic State group in Anbar province, including the provincial capital of Ramadi. Months after Ramadi was retaken from the militants, most of its 1 million residents have not returned because of the widespread destruction of their homes, and some say their savings are running out, leaving them dependent on aid handouts. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Hussein Jassim walks through the ruins of his house in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on April 3, 2016, months after the city was retaken from Islamic State group control. More than 3,000 buildings were destroyed and damaged in fighting or by scorched earth tactics by the militants. For many residents, their homes represented their entire lifes savings, and few have the means to rebuild, presenting a massive reconstruction task for an overburdened Iraqi government. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi army Humvees race toward the front lines on the outskirts of Ramadi during heavy clashes with Islamic State group militants in this Sept. 12, 2015, photo. The fighting eventually led to the recapture of the city from the extremists. After the massive destruction wreaked on Ramadi, Iraqi and coalition officials are rethinking tactics as they prepare for an assault to retake the biggest IS-held prize, the northern city of Mosul. (AP Photo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

A stairwell at the library of the University of Anbar in the Iraqi city of Ramadi shows heavy damage in this March 20, 2016 photo. The campus served as headquarters for the Islamic State group before Iraqi forces retook the city earlier this year. As they retreated, the militants set fires in some university buildings and blew up others. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

A family house lies in ruins in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on March 20, 2016, weeks after the city was retaken from the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Books lie strewn around the library of the University of Anbar in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in this March 20, 2016 photo. The campus served as headquarters for the Islamic State group before Iraqi forces retook the city earlier this year. As they retreated, the militants set fires in some university buildings and blew up others, part of a scorched earth campaign that contributed to the massive destruction in the city. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

A member of Iraqs elite counter-terrorism forces walks through the library of the University of Anbar in the city of Ramadi on March 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

Policemen ride a motorbike near Haji Ziad Square in the city of Ramadi, Iraq, on March 20, 2016, passing rubble that remains weeks after government forces retook the city from Islamic State group militants. Entire city blocks were leveled by fighting, airstrikes and the scorched earth campaign waged by militants as they fled. All they leave is rubble, one counterterrorism officer said. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)GALLERY PHOTOSIRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerWissm Al-OkiliLocationBAGHDAD, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 11, 2016People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City, Iraq, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Wissm al-OkiliMay 11 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review






PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationUMM AL-DHIBAN, IRAQReuters / Wednesday, May 11, 2016Members of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), sit with an Arab tribal fighter (L) in a house in the village of Umm al-Dhiban, northern Iraq, April 30, 2016. They share little more than an enemy and struggle to communicate on the battlefield, but together two relatively obscure groups have opened up a new front against Islamic State militants in a remote corner of Iraq....moreMay 11 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationUMM AL-DHIBAN, IRAQReuters / Wednesday, May 11, 2016Members of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), stand in the village of Umm al-Dhiban, northern Iraq, April 29, 2016. They share little more than an enemy and struggle to communicate on the battlefield, but together two relatively obscure groups have opened up a new front against Islamic State militants in a remote corner of Iraq. The unlikely alliance between the Sinjar...moreMay 11 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerWissm Al-OkiliLocationBAGHDAD, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 11, 2016A woman reacts at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City, Iraq, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Wissm al-OkiliMay 11 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerKhalid Al MousilyLocationBAGHDAD, IraqReuters / Tuesday, May 17, 2016People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City, Iraq, May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al MousilyMay 17 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A member of the Iraqi forces mounts a gun atop a vehicle as they gather on the outskirts of Fallujah on May 22.

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IRAQI FORCES BATTLE TO RECAPTURE FALLUJAH FROM ISISIraqi pro-government forces advance towards Fallujah on May 23.

Fallujah, a longtime bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists about 30 miles from Baghdad, was the first city to fall to ISIS militants in January 2014.


Iraqi pro-government forces advance towards the city of Fallujah as part of a major assault to retake the city from Islamic State group.AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty Images23May 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi forces get ready for the operation of retaking Fallujah, on May 23.


Iraqi soldiers move towards Fallujah on May 23.Pro-government forces have surrounded Fallujah since last year, but they focused most combat operations on ISIS-held territories further west and north.


Iraqi forces on the move during the operation on May 23.


An Iraqi soldier watches as smoke billows in the background during the operation of retaking Fallujah on May 23.Federal police battalion commander, 1st Lt. Ahmed Mahdi Salih, said ground fighting was taking place around the town of Garma, east of Fallujah, which is considered the main supply line for the militants.


THE BATTLE FOR FALLUJAPhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016Fighters from Iraqi Shiite group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada gather near Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerStringer .LocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016Shi'ite fighters forces launch a rocket towards Islamic State militants on the outskirts Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/StringerMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016A fighter from Iraqi Shiite group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada takes a break at a site near the frontline of the fight against Islamic State militants near Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016Vehicles of the Iraqi security forces are seen on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerStringer .LocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016Shi'ite fighters with Iraqi security forces gather on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/StringerMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016A fighter from Iraqi Shiite group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada walks near Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerStringer .LocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016Vehicles of the Iraqi security forces are seen on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/StringerMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016Fighters from Iraqi Shiite group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada gather near Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016Fighters from Iraqi Shiite group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada gather near Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerStringer .LocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 23, 2016A member from the Iraqi security forces stands on a tank on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/StringerMay 23 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Tuesday, May 24, 2016Iraqi federal police advance with Shi'ite fighters towards Falluja, Iraq, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi Federal police covered in dust arrive to join the forces surrounding Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Clashes between Iraqi government forces and the Islamic State group outside the city of Fallujah briefly subsided on Tuesday, the second day of a large-scale military operation to drive militants out of their key stronghold west of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)May 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Tuesday, May 24, 2016A Shi'ite fighter stands next to a religious flag near Falluja, Iraq, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 24 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 25, 2016An Iraqi Shi'ite fighter prays near Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 25, 2016Smoke rises from clashes near Falluja, Iraq, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 25, 2016Iraqi security forces clash with Islamic State militants near Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 25, 2016A member of Iraqi security forces puts the Iraqi flag over a building near Falluja. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 25, 2016Iraqi security forces clash with Islamic State militants near Falluja. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Wednesday, May 25, 2016Shi'ite fighters clash with Islamic State militants near Falluja, Iraq, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

.Iraqi pro-government forces fire an anti-tank cannon near al-Sejar village, northeast of Fallujah, on May 25 as they take part in a major assault to retake the city from ISIS. Fallujah was the site of two bloody battles against U.S. forces in 2004.

AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty ImagesMay 25 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016Shi'ite fighters hold an Islamic State flag which they pulled down as they celebrate victory in the town of Garma, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016Iraqi security forces inspect a destroyed vehicle belonging to Islamic State militants in the town of Garma. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016Iraqi security forces with Shi'ite fighters gather in the town of Garma. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016Iraqi shi'ite fighters hold Iraqi flags as they celebrate victory in the town of Garma. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerOsamah WaheebLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016Children who fled their homes due to the clashes in Falluja, pose for the photographer on the outskirts of Falluja. REUTERS/StringerMay 26 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A lone protester stands in a square cleared by tear gas fired by security forces in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 27, 2016. Thousands of protesters including followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets and rallied calling for comprehensive reforms and a new technocrat reshuffle. Dozens of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)May 27 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Iraqi families fled to the village of al-Anbar province from the city at Sejar Fallujah, on 27-5-2016.May 27 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions at the front line during fight against Islamic State outside Fallujah, Iraq. Days into an Iraqi military operation to push Islamic State fighters out of Fallujah, residents still inside the city are preparing for a long battle, with some saying they fear being trapped between two forces they don't fully trust.

Khalid Mohammed / APMay 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

INSIDE THE TUNNELS OF ISLAMIC STATEPhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016A fighter from the Iraqi Shi'ite Badr Organization holds his rifle in an underground tunnel built by Islamic State fighters on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016A tunnel used by Islamic State militants is seen on the outskirts of Falluja. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016A fighter from the Iraqi Shi'ite Badr Organization holds his rifle as he look a tunnel built by Islamic State fighters on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016Fighters from the Iraqi Shi'ite Badr Organization stand near a tunnel built by Islamic State fighters on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016Fighters from the Iraqi Shi'ite Badr Organization look at a tunnel built by Islamic State fighters on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016A fighter from the Iraqi Shi'ite Badr Organization holds his rifle in an underground tunnel built by Islamic State fighters on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016Fighters from the Iraqi Shi'ite Badr Organization walk past a poster depicting images of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, May 28, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 28 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAlaa Al-MarjaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Sunday, May 29, 2016Shi'ite fighters take a selfie while firing artillery towards Islamic State militants near Falluja, Iraq, May 29, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniMay 29 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

A member of the Iraqi security forces fires artillery during clashes with ISIS militants near Fallujah, Iraq.

ALAA AL-MARJANI / ReutersMay 29 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAzad LashkariLocationMOSUL, IraqReuters / Sunday, May 29, 2016Kurdish Peshmerga forces inspect a wounded soldier in a village east of Mosul, Iraq, May 29, 2016. REUTERS/Azad LashkariMay 29 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016An Iraq girl who has fled home due to the clashes on the outskirts of Falluja, gather in the town of Garma, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerKhalid Al MousilyLocationBAGHDAD, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016An Iraqi security vehicle is pictured through a shattered windshield of a vehicle damaged at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's northern Shaab Shi'ite district, Iraq. REUTERS/Khalid al MousilyMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

BATTLE FOR FALLUJAPhotographerAlaa Al-MarjaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Iraqi security forces members gesture near Falluja, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAlaa Al-MarjaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Smoke rises from clashes near Falluja, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Civilians who fled their homes due to clashes on the outskirts of Falluja, gather in the town of Garma, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Civilians who fled their homes due to the clashes on the outskirts of Falluja, gather in the town of Garma, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAlaa Al-MarjaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Iraqi security vehicles are seen near Falluja, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAlaa Al-MarjaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Iraqi security forces get their meal near Falluja, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAlaa Al-MarjaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Iraqi security forces ride in a military vehicle near Falluja, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerAlaa Al-MarjaniLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Iraqi security forces members gesture near Falluja, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review


PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Civilians who fled their homes due to clashes on the outskirts of Falluja, gather in the town of Garma, Iraq, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Civilians who fled their homes due to clashes on the outskirts of Falluja, gather in the town of Garma, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review


PhotographerThaier Al-SudaniLocationGARMA, IraqReuters / Monday, May 30, 2016Civilians, who fled their homes due to the clashes on the outskirts of Falluja, gather in the town of Garma May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-SudaniMay 30 , 2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

PhotographerOsamah WaheebLocationFALLUJA, IraqReuters / Tuesday, May 31, 2016A member of Iraqi security forces takes his position with his weapon in Falluja, Iraq, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/StringerMay 31 , 2016THE ENDIRAQ 2016 in Review Part I2016IRAQ - 2016 in review

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